My Freegan Finds

One of my passions is simplicity and cost-cutting. Reading about freeganism today, I fondly recall the following items that I have trash-picked:

--an upholstered rocking chair that is currently in our basement (covered with a flannel sheet)
--broadcast seed and fertilizer spreaders (not just one, but two!!)
--two matching white 70's era lamps also in basement(bought new shades and good to go)
--2 brass floor lamps
--one volume of a kid's science encyclopedia and 2 videos: Lady and the Tramp, Milo and Otis(latest finds)
--barely used box of laundry detergent
--brand new package of plastic Dixie cups
--two tricycles (our kids had trash-picked play vehicles until age 5)
--electronics rescued from trash to take to recycling instead (my good deed for the Earth)
--a soccer goal without a net; purchased new net and "Santa Claus" brought it for Christmas
--a wooden porch swing with chains that -- alas -- we never used on our porch in Maine
--kid's bike that I'm going to donate to a local project that fixes bikes and gives to them away

The key to good trashpicking is always having your eyes peeled. Visiting college campuses at the end of the semester is fruitful as well. Happy picking!